A new bill moving through the Tennessee House of Representatives would require the state to publish the names of each doctor who performs an abortion and detailed statistics about the woman having the procedure, which opponents worry will spur anti-abortion violence in the state.
The Life Defense Act of 2012, sponsored by state Rep. Matthew Hill (R-Jonesboro), mandates that the Tennessee Department of Health make detailed demographic information about every woman who has an abortion available to the public, including her age, race, county, marital status, education level, number of children, the location of the procedure and how many times she has been pregnant. Each report would also have to include the name of the doctor who performed the procedure.
Several health organizations, including the Tennessee Medical Association and Planned Parenthood, are concerned that the bill will make doctors and women vulnerable to attacks, especially considering the murder of Dr. George Tiller, a Kansas abortion provider, by an anti-abortion activist in 2009.
"We live in an environment where there is a lot of violence against abortion providers, clinics, and clinic staff," said Jeff Teague, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Middle and Eastern Tennessee. "We've had physicians who provide abortion care murdered in the past few years. This is an attempt to intimidate physicians who provide abortion care and the women who seek abortions and to terrorize them."
Rep. Gary Odom (D-Nashville) called the bill "very dangerous," and said the Republicans who voted it out of a House subcommittee offered "no explanation as to why this was something that needed to be done."
"It puts a target on women's and physicians' backs," he told HuffPost. "I think it's a very dangerous piece of legislation and serves no purpose I can tell other than trying to intimidate women and physicians."
Hill, the bill's sponsor, did not respond to a request for comment. Nor did Tennessee Right To Life, the anti-abortion group that first suggested the bill to conservative state lawmakers. But at a subcommittee hearing on the bill earlier this month, Hill said, "I think it's fair for folks on both sides to see how prevalent abortion is in our counties and in our communities."
Lana Del Rey has released her new music video for "Blue Jeans," the third single off her first major-label album "Born to Die," which debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart.
Wearing only a white vintage-looking bathing suit, Del Rey unleashes her sensual side in the monochromatic video, directed by Yoann Lemoine, who also directed her video for "Born to Die."
In "Blue Jeans," Del Rey is seen going in and out of a swimming pool, while wrapped in the arms of a tattooed man, played by model Bradley Soileau, who also starred in Del Rey's "Born to Die" video. However, the singer's tattooed model isn't the only one joining her for a swim. Halfway through the video, two alligators are seen swimming past the couple underwater.
Del Rey also self-released a video for "Blue Jeans" in 2011. In the first video, Del Rey gathered old video clips online, including footage from Australian photographer Nirrimi Joy Firebrace's "tender hearted" project, and filmed herself in front of her webcam.
Women may not be known as the gender with the highest sex drive, but it turns out, at least in mice, males with an extra "girly" sex chromosome seemed to have an insatiable appetite for sex.
In mammals, gender is determined by "sex chromosomes," the X and Y. If you have two X chromosomes, you are a female. If you have one X and one Y, you are a male. (Chromosomes are long strings of DNA that hold many genes; humans have 23 pairs of chromosomes, one set inherited from each parent.)
The study was done in mice, not humans, but the genes that determine sex are similar in mammals, so the results might be applicable, especially in males with Klinefelter's syndrome, who are genetically XXY.
"Whether this is a specific phenomenon to mice, or even to this particular inbred background strain of laboratory mice, is still an open question, but we did find similar results in two different genetic models of mice," study researcher Paul Bonthuis, a graduate student at the University of Virginia, told LiveScience in an email. "To know how general the finding is to other mammals one would have to do studies with other mammalian species directly."
The researchers studied two special lines of mice.
In the first, they were able to separate the effects of the X and Y chromosomes from the mouse's sexual development (which is dependent on one gene on the Y chromosome). This means that even lab mice with odd numbers of sex chromosomes — for instance males with two X's or females that have a Y — still developed normally; they had normal genitalia and sexual behaviors for their gender.
In another genetically engineered mouse model the researchers linked the X and Y chromosome so this pair could be matched up with an X chromosome, resulting in genetically XXY males.
These two models provided different parts of the puzzle, with the first one revealing developmental differences created by genes on either the X or Y chromosome that aren't involved in normal development. The second model would reveal how an extra X chromosome affected the male mice.
Sex hormone levels were normal in all of these special lines of mice.
When they studied these mice, they found that the males with two X chromosomes (the XXY males) were about twice as fast to ejaculate and ejaculated nearly twice as often than those with only one. They also mounted females more often and during sex showed more pelvic-thrusting motions.
Perhaps Kim Kardashian should've thought twice before loaning little sister Kendall Jenner a dress. The reality star, 31, blogged that her 16-year-old sibling borrowed her sleeveless black- and-white frock by Azzedine Alaia this week. Kim and Kendall had to know, however, that sharing clothes would leave the rest of us with quite a style showdown. Sounds like it's time for our very first sister edition of who wore it best!
More than a year ago, Kim made the design just part of her look for the NYC soiree celebrating the season finale of E!'s "The Spin Crowd" - remember that show?! - way back on October 6, 2010. Big sis Kim styled her hair the same way as Kendall's, but she also added black tights, an oversized belt, and, of course, plenty of makeup.
This is one frock that we shouldn't be surprised to see any of the Kardashian gals wearing, because they obviously adore it. "It's such an amazing dress!" Kim gushed on her blog. "I got it when I was in Paris with my mom in 2010 when we met Mr. Alaia himself. I remember I always used to try on my mom's Alaia dresses when I was younger, so I'm glad I have younger sisters I can share my favorite pieces with." While Kim's sentiment is sweet, the truth is, sisters or not, only one woman can emerge victorious. In this case, the clear winner for me is Kendall, thanks to her simple styling. Kim's tights and belt are just too much to add when she's already wearing a busy pattern. Do you agree?
The wife of Syria's President Bashar Assad declared that she was the family's "real dictator," according to an email leaked to regime opponents, a British newspaper reported Monday.
British-born Asma Assad's messages imply that she occupies an important spot the dictator's inner circle, the Daily Telegraph reported.
This and a slew of other alleged email exchanges among members of the Syrian elite have been spilling out for days, shedding light on the workings of the embattled government as it continues its violent crackdown on protesters. More than 8,000 people have been killed since the start of the Syrian uprising just over a year ago, according to U.N. figures.
Syria email hack points to new 'information war'
Late Sunday, a firefight broke out between Free Syrian Army rebels and forces loyal to Assad in Mezze, a main district of the capital Damascus, witnesses told Reuters, while a car bomb ripped through a residential area of Syria's second city Aleppo, a day after twin blasts killed 27 in the capital Damascus.
The five boys of the British-Irish pop group that have been making girls swoon will soon have tweens screaming from the comfort of their own living rooms.
One Direction has landed its own Nickelodeon TV show, the network has confirmed via Twitter.
The boy band, known for their hit "What Makes You Beautiful," got their big break when they came in third on "The X Factor" in the U.K. in 2010. But many fans want the group to stick to music. After the Nickelodeon news hit the web, the hashtag "#1DPleaseDontGoToNick" started cropping up all over Twitter, Us Weekly reported.
The Nickelodeon audience will be well-acquainted with One Direction (or 1D, as they're often referred to) since Niall Horan, 18, Zayn Malik, 19, Liam Payne, 18, Harry Styles, 18, and Louis Tomlinson, 20, will soon appear on "iCarly"" and will be performing at the Kids Choice Awards.
"It's going to be scream-worthy," Paula Kaplan, an executive producer of the Kids' Choice Awards, said of the 1D performance at the KCAs, according to Pop Crush. "We have seen their popularity explode, and we are excited to introduce them to our audience."
"Dancing With the Stars" Season 14 is upon us (two-hour premiere airs Mon., Mar. 19, 8 p.m. ET on ABC), and we'll finally get to see Sherri Shepherd, Jack Wagner, Gavin DeGraw, Maria Menounos, Jaleel White, Melissa Gilbert, Gladys Knight, Martina Navratilova, Roshon Fegan, William Levy, Katherine Jenkins and Donald Driver take to the dancefloor to battle it out for the coveted mirrorball trophy.
We've got an exclusive sneak peek at the premiere with ABC's annual fan-favorite video, "The First Meeting." Watch below to see all the jumping up and down, screaming and unedited first impressions when the stars met their pros, plus a few hilarious "Who are you?" reactions.
Maria Menounos and Sherri Shepherd both welcomed their partners (Derek Hough and Valentin Chmerkovskiy, respectively) with a lot of screams. "I can't hear," Valentin told Sherri with a laugh. "You can't hear?," Sherri replied. "Oh, cuz I scream a lot." But Sherri will also certainly keep us laughing with gems like this: "Dr. Oz says that you can prevent dementia by dancing ... So for 10 weeks, I won't be demented."
But which pros had no idea who their stars were? (We know Maks Chmerkovskiy had to ask Melissa Gilbert who she was when they first met, but there was another big questions mark that's pretty cute.) And which pair admits that they're "already like an old married couple"? And what did Jack Wagner do for his partner Anna Trebunskaya that none of her other celebrity partners have ever done? It's all in the video.
If we're using the early practice footage to handicap the season, consider these moments:
Madonna's back with one hell of a mea culpa. Her new track from the upcoming MDNA album, "I F****D Up," begins with everyone's sorriest excuse and continues with more self-pitying words made strangely catchy by the song's heavy bassline.
"I F****D Up" is the latest track to be released in the steady drip of songs leading to the album's drop date, March 26. They include "I Don't Give A," thought to shed light into her split from ex-husband Guy Ritchie, and "Give Me All Your Luvin," featuring Super Bowl cohorts Nicki Minaj and M.I.A. Madge's 15-year-old daughter Lourdes also takes a turn on the track "Superstar," though she remains uncredited.
MDNA has been hailed as the 53-year-old pop legend's return to music made for the dance floor.
Team India will be under huge pressure when they take on Pakistan in the must-win Asia Cup 2012 encounter at Dhaka on Sunday.
Many people love watching cricket on web. There are many TV companies that offer live telecast of cricket on internet, and one would think that it would be satisfying to watch the sport via these companies, owing to the fact that there are so many of them, and the competition would spur them to good provision.
Number of people watching live cricket on web has sprung up as the number of internet users has been growing over the years. People do multi-tasking even without being infront of the television set.
Because of the demand there are several sites which stream cricket matches on the net. But not all of them are reliable. Some of them are so tedious that they guide you to other domains while some make you click hundreds of links without taking you to the streaming page.
Following is a list of cricket sites that offer live cricket streaming:
1. www.extracover.net
2. www.cricket-365.net/
3. www.crictime.com
4. http://cricket-matches.blogspot.com/
5. www.webcric.com
6. www.watchcriclive.com/
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